ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 365516
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| Date: | Tuesday 2 April 1991 |
| Time: | 10:45 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 152 |
| Owner/operator: | D'angelone Aviation |
| Registration: | N506DF |
| MSN: | 15280033 |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING 0235L2C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Bayport, NY -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PILOT EXPERIENCED GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS AS HE APPROACHED THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD FOR LANDING. HE STATED, 'I EXPERIENCED...CROSSWIND COMING FROM THE WEST...THE AIRCRAFT SUDDENLY...PITCH UPWARDS...I IMMEDIATELY APPLIED FORWARD YOKE...THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO RAPIDLY PITCH DOWN IMPACTING THE GROUND.' THE FAA INSPECTOR SAID, '...THE STUDENT PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AT 40 FT., WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND IN GUSTY CROSSWIND CONDITIONS.' THE PILOT HAD LIMITED EXPERIENCE IN FIXED WING AIRPLANES. NEARLY ALL HIS FLIGHT TIME HAS BEEN IN MILITARY HELICOPTERS.
Probable Cause: IMPROPER CONTROL RESPONSE BY THE PILOT, WHEN ENCOUNTERING ADVERSE WIND CONDITIONS, WHICH RESULTED IN A HARD LANDING. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE LIMITED EXPERIENCE OF THE PILOT IN THIS TYPE OF AIRPLANE.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB NYC91LA098
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 20-Mar-2024 10:57 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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